Sher Zaman Taizi
Sher Zaman Taizi was Pashtun writer, poet, intellectual and journalist from Pakistan.Career
Born in Pabbi, Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Present-day Pakistan. Taizi served in the Army Service Corps as a clerk, Intelligence Bureau of the Government of Pakistan, Peshawar,, as Liaison Officer Afghan Refugees Commissionerate, Peshawar, UNHCR, daily the Frontier Post, Peshawar and BBC Education Project at Peshawar. Later he was attached to the Tribal Women Welfare Association as vice-chairperson and editor-in-chief of its bilingual quarter Neway Zhwand.
During his service in the Intelligence Bureau, Taizi spent more than 15 years in tribal areas, having stayed in every tribal agency, and more than seven years in the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.Education
Having done his M.A. in Pashto, Taizi did his PhD from the Area Study Centre, Peshawar University. His thesis in English is related to "the Saur Revolution – the Communist Revolution that took place in April 1978".Literary figure
In Pashto literary circles Taizi was still known as Ghamzhan, although he has long given up that nom de plume and instead uses his family name Taizi.Published books in Pashto
- Warsho,
- Soma,
- Shpelae,
- Gul Khan,
- Amanat,
- Rahman Koroona,
- Ghunday,
- Wade o’ n’ sho,
- Nara Zheba,
- Novel: Hunan au Safar
- Da Pukhto Leekdod: Yao Sarsari Jaj
- Suqut-e-Afghanistan.
Published books in English
- Polar Bear,
- The Pukhtun’ Unity,
- Abad Khan: The Lost Ring of the Chain,
- Rahman Baba: the Outstanding Painter of Thoughts,
- The Saur Revolution,
- Afghanistan: From Najib to Mojaddedi,
- Afghanistan: A Clash of Interests,
- Afghanistan: Two Governments and Three Capitals,
- Afghanistan: Drug Menace in Central Asia,
- Afghanistan: Landmine Menace in Afghanistan
- Bare-foot in Coarse Clothes
- Bacha Khan in Afghanistan,
- Terrorist Attacks in USA and US Attack on Afghanistan.
- Secret Plans and Open Faces
- Dispute between Iran and Afghanistan on the issue of Hirmand River
- Nights in Kabul
- Causes of the Fall of the Islamic State of Afghanistan under Ustad Rabbani in Kabul
- General Elections in Afghanistan 2005.
Published books in Pashto and English
- #The Mother Tongue.
